By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA, Associated Press

Current and former staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency demonstrated against workforce and program cuts during a “FEMA Solidarity Rally” on Friday, a potentially risky act of protest because some of the same staffers were placed on leave after signing a public dissent letter in August.

Several dozen people gathered outside the FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., calling on President Donald Trump to stop dismantling the agency charged with managing the federal disaster response. They warned that eliminating FEMA, something the president suggested he would consider , would put lives at risk and hurt communities.

“It’s clear these disasters are becoming more frequent and more intense,” Jeremy Edwards, the agency’s deputy direc

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